{"id":616288,"date":"2026-06-18T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/malta-proposes-defi-rulebook-covering-daos-under-mica-era-framework\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:54:25","slug":"malta-proposes-defi-rulebook-covering-daos-under-mica-era-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/malta-proposes-defi-rulebook-covering-daos-under-mica-era-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Malta proposes DeFi rulebook covering DAOs under MiCA-era framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maltese regulator is seeking industry feedback on a legal framework for software-governed organizations, arguing that many DeFi projects are not fully decentralized.<\/p>\n<p>Malta\u2019s financial regulator has issued a discussion paper outlining a potential legal framework for decentralized finance (DeFi), including recognition of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), as European policymakers continue to grapple with how to regulate blockchain-based financial services.<\/p>\n<p>On June 12, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) opened a public consultation on DeFi under the European Union\u2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The paper invites industry feedback through July 10 and proposes a new legal category for so-called \u201csoftware-based organizations,\u201d which would encompass DAOs and other software-governed DeFi entities.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than treating DAOs as a standalone legal concept, the MFSA suggests recognizing them as a type of software-based organization, separating the legal framework governing the organization itself from the rules governing the underlying protocol and software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/malta-defi-framework-daos-software-based-organizations-mica?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_medium&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_medium\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maltese regulator is seeking industry feedback on a legal framework for software-governed organizations, arguing that many DeFi projects are not fully decentralized. Malta\u2019s financial regulator has issued a discussion paper outlining a potential legal framework for decentralized finance (DeFi), including recognition of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), as European policymakers continue to grapple with how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":616289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-616288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}